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Mass coronavirus testing at schools if 90% of parents give consent

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Schoolgoers will be tested for Covid-19 at least once a week free of charge, provided the parents of no less than 90% of the children in a given school give their consent, the Ministry of Education has announced.

Testing at school is formulated as a recommended measure in the educational guidelines in the conditions of extraordinary epidemic situation at schools, published on the Education Ministry’s website today. 



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